Father and son arrested in 2005 home invasion, beating in Covington County

SANTA
ROSA COUNTY, Florida – A Covington County father and son were arrested Friday
and charged in the 2005 beating of an Alabama man who died two years later,
according to the Santa Rosa Press Gazette.

Shane
Darrell Long, 27, was arrested Friday at a home in Santa Rosa County, Fla., and
his father, 54-year-old Jackie Darrell Long, was arrested the same day at his
home in Okaloosa. Both were arrested by the U.S. Marshal's Service Fugitive
Task Force.

The
men were indicted on charges of attempted murder, robbery and burglary in a
home invasion and attack on New Year's Eve 2005 at a home in Wing, Ala.

Shane
Long and Jackie Long are accused of beating Henry Jordan in his home while his
wife, children and grandchildren were present, the newspaper reported.

According to the Press Gazette, Covington County District Attorney Walt Merrell gave an
account of the attack at a news conference:

The
Longs knocked on Jordan's door before dawn and tried to rob him. Nothing was
taken from the home, but Jordan suffered massive blunt force trauma to much of
his head, including a skull fracture and the permanent loss of sight in one
eye.

Jordan
was 62 when he died in 2007 as a result of his injuries, Merrell said.

"There
is some medical evidence to support Mr. Jordan's death was a result of the home
invasion," Merrell said, adding that the two men could also be charged with
murder or capital murder depending on doctors' evidence.

Records
show that Shane Long is being held in the Santa Rosa County jail and Jackie Long
in the Okaloosa County jail with no bond.

The
arrests were the first for the district attorney's cold case task force,
according to the Andalusia Star-News.